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After officially inking a long-term 13-year endorsement deal with adidas on October 1st, it wasn’t long before Houston Rockets All-Star James Harden was rocking The Three Stripes on the NBA hardwood, with the team’s training camp and preseason getting underway shortly after.
Harden will wear the new Crazy Light Boost 2015 to start the season, and adidas worked up several player exclusive colorways just for James. The first of his custom pairs that we’ll be featuring in our latest PE Spotlight is this crisp all-white edition.
With a pearlized collar panel, white heel Boost unit and lone black accenting along the heel and tongue adidas logos, the shoe also features a revamped closed-vent Primeknit upper.
“I like the all-white ones at home,” James recently told Nice Kicks. “The Crazylight Boosts are really comfortable. As time goes on, I’ll start developing different colorways that I’ll rock. That’s the thing I’m most excited for.”
As the brand and Harden get more familiar with eachother as the season progresses, you can expect to see more detailed graphics and additional colorways with even more direct input from the athlete.
Check out James’ ultra clean all-white “Crazy Light Boost PK H” — short for Primeknit Harden — in his size 13.5 below. We’ll have several more detailed looks to come, highlighting all of the best player exclusives from adidas Basketball this fall.
For more on the new Harden & adidas partnership, be sure to also check out our video interview with James himself, and our in-depth discussion with adidas Basketball GM Chris Grancio.
